EPISODE · Jun 11, 2016 · 13 MIN
The Wytheville Polio Epidemic
from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins
Before the release of the Salk polio vaccine, polio epidemics were commonplace in the United States. In 1950 one such epidemic hit the Commonwealth of Virginia, with the Appalachian town of Wytheville being so badly hit that it made national news. On this episode of Stories, Rod and Steve tell the story of the 1950 […]
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